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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1890
Page
4
Detroit visitor Mrs. C. E. Hornbeck calls Brainerd friends. Staples business traveler Chas Tedford seen in city. April 7 opera appearance by Aiden Benedict with Fabio Romani. Local sales and meetings noted including gun club start April 1 and church services. Post office safe lock damaged. drill used to access papers. Several marriages licenses issued. residents relocate to Fort Madison Tacoma and Mankato.
Five cents per yard ginghams and a vast stock of men and boys suits including fine dress wear go in at fixed cut rates. Act quickly as stocks are moving fast. Also dress goods offered at Henry I. Conen's for Easter bargains.
A Wednesday night banquet for Masons at Arlington followed the conferring of the Royal Arch degree on E. E. M. Smith T. P. Russell and G. F. Watson. Rumors that the Palace Hotel was rented to D. E. Watson proved baseless.
Brilliantine mehans all colors and blacks in men’s shoes. Largest city stock including Burt & Packard finest goods and coarser working shoes. Sold at net wholesale cost. Staple and Reliable Broadhead goods only at Henry IL Conzn's.
The return of William Paine Jr and Charles Searles after the Northern Pacific express robbery dominates Brainerd life for nine days. They face a $5000 bond each and a preliminary hearing, declare innocence, and await the September grand jury as crowds watch from Helena reporters to jail. Jake Paine joins the return journey. Sheriff Spalding notes calm behavior. Mrs Johnson’s insanity follows the death of three children from diphtheria, with a chance for surgery to restore her son's sight.
A brisk sales pitch touts a $2 profit on a $3.50 buy and mocks competitors. The ad urges shoppers to avoid the “Big 9” and buy quality shoes, with custom work and repairs at R F Watters on Sixth Street. It also proclaims ready loans on chattel mortgages by A L Horrmay at Corner Fifth and Front, Brainerd, and promotes wall papers and carriage painting by Congdon on Seventh Street.
The body of Martin Hanson was found at the foot of basement stairs in the No 1 saloon block at Fifth and Laurel. Coroner’s inquest held, money Hanson awaited arrived the same day, likely accidental fall from stairs after leaving a restaurant. Burial planned this afternoon.
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